diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f9340d3..e8a2e9a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-	    <version>2.8.2</version>
+	    <version>2.16.0</version>
 	</dependency>
 	<dependency>
 	    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>